[Linux] Linux induced problem - OSX HD Boot

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:38:56 -0700

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Press and hold the Option key to invoke the 'Startup Manager' and then
select the appropriate startup disk. Alternately, you can force an OS X
boot by pressing x immediately after the system starts. Even better,
convince your wife to use Ubuntu ... :)<br>
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Regards,<br>
Niranjan<br>
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Steven Benmosh wrote:
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 cite="mid:7c6d3f640806022113i9e35960rba376d79fc0c046f@mail.gmail.com"
 type="cite">This is not a Linux problem per se, but the result of
using Ubuntu 8.04 on my MacBook. I hope you can bail me out before my
wife notices what I have done...<br>
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So - I wanted to see if Ubu 8.04 would work on my (first generation,
Intel 32) MacBook. I looked for the boot options menu, and indeed, you
can switch to booting off an external drive. I did just that, Ubuntu
booted, mostly worked, except that I did not find an ADSL connection
option in my manager, so I could not exit the confines of the local
host. But I digress.<br>
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I ejected the disk and rebooted, only to find out that, unlike on my
Dell and all other computers, I don't get a splash screen that lets me
change the boot order back to the HD. So now all I get is a message
asking me to insert a valid boot disk in my CDROM player.<br>
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Could someone tell me what key combination would force a HD reboot on
OSX (I can find plenty of codes to NOT do that), or expose the boot
manager, or expose the BIOS so I can switch back to my HD? I don't have
the OSX CDs, since I have not encountered a design flaw in the MacBook
so far, and did not expect it to be so user-error-susceptible.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Z, banned from the Macbook and the 1998 Dell which still works just
fine, thank you very much.<br clear="all">
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Check out my web site - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
 href="http://www.words2u.net">www.words2u.net</a>
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